5 more ways to make the digg front page

Yesterday [SEO Black Hat](http://www.seoblackhat.com) wrote [10 Steps to Guarantee You Make the Digg Front Page](http://seoblackhat.com/2006/10/02/10-steps-to-guarantee-you-make-the-digg-front-page/), which discusses 10 tips to help you get on the [digg](http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/beginners-guide-to-digg.html) front page. Here are the tips he recommended.1. Make a list or tutorial headline.2. Write about digg.3. Appeal to the Apple fanboys.4. Doom and Gloom about how Global Warming will destroy us all.5. Write about how great Firefox is.6. Remember: Walmart, George Bush, and Fox News have NEVER done ANYTHING right.7. Repeat after me: “Microsoft sucks, Microsoft Sucks, Microsoft Sucks.”8. Make up outrageous statistics that you have not researched.9. Insult as many groups as you can.10. Include the world’s slowest loading plugin.He mentioned some great tips, but here are a few more that guarantee a front page story.1. Write about Google. Within the last 7 days [43 stories](http://digg.com/search/page1?s=google&area=promoted&type=both&search-buried=0&age=7&sort=new) that mention Google made it to the front page. In my experience, Google stories usually get more traffic then non Google stories. The most traffic I got from the digg front page was around 20,000 visitors and that was from a story called [Google’s growing list of domains](http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/googles-growing-list-of-domains.html).2. Write a catchy title. Most digg users digg a story based on the title and don’t even read the story. Cameron did an [interview with Guy Kawasaki](http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/interview-with-guy-kawasaki.html) a couple of months ago and it made the homepage. The digg title was “[Yowser: The new Yahoo browser](http://digg.com/tech_news/Yowser_The_new_Yahoo_browser)” which was not even main focus of the interview. Guy Kawasaki touched on Yowser in the interview, but the story still made digg front page due its’ attractive title.3. Write in-depth analysis. People like reading in-depth and detailed articles that they can get something out of. Within the last 7 days 4 stories that mentioned in-depth in the description made the digg front page.4. Digg users love [YouTube](http://digg.com/tech_news/YouTube_The_Complete_Profile) and [Ubuntu](http://digg.com/search?area=promoted&age=7&sort=new&s=Ubuntu). Writing on those two topics is almost a guaranteed front page story. Even if you don’t provide much insight or say anything new about these two topics there is still a good chance of making the front page as long as the digg title and description is attractive.5. Use buzz words. Digg users love [web 2.0](http://digg.com/search?area=promoted&age=7&sort=new&s=web+2.0), Ajax and all of the other hot terms. In many cases people find stories by using the digg search feature. By having buzzwords within your title and description you are increasing the visibility of your story which increases its chances of getting on the homepage.If you have made the digg homepage or have noticed other ways that “guarantee” a front page story, feel free to leave a comment.